Five Essential Truths

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Five Essential Truths is about the most important truths in life. It begins with "Life is Hard", then "You are not that important", "Your life is not about you", "You are not in control", and "You are going to die". I will explain which of these essential truths I agree or disagree with.
First, Life is Hard. I would have to say I agree with this one because not everything in our life is easy. It may be easy when you're still young - perhaps under 5 years old, but after that you have to build everything till you old; you have to face with many obstacles which are not easy to deal with. From primary school to high school till the college, that is the first basic education that most people have to deal with and it's not simple. Then you have

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